Machine for distributing artificial manure and the like



June 5, 1928. f 1,672,065

J. A. H. HOV

MACHINE FOR DISTRIBUTING ARTIFICIAL MANURE AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 12,1925 v Patented June 5, 1928. i l l i A I UNITED PATENT JOHAN ARNTHANSEN HOV, OF TRON DI-IJ'EM, NORWAY.

MACHINE FOR DISTRIBUTINGARTIFICIAL MANURE AND-THE LIKE.

'Application filed August 12, 1925. Serial No. 49,866. v

The present inventionrelates toa machine of the bottom 30'as clearlyshown in Figure for distributingartificial manureof the kind, 4, wherebythe manure when fed out from wherein a rod reciprocating along the mathebottom will be able to fall to the ground nure container or hopper isprovided ;with without meeting any obstruction and with- 60 fixedfingers projecting into the container out being ,subjectedto any bakingtendency. and feeding out the manure from thefsame The said slitisconfined between the bottom I during the motions vof the rod. j I j 30and an adjustable lath 4. In order to The invention consists in thecombination enable "the raising and lowering of the lath of parts as setforth in the claim. In the container is provided with mountings 5 65accordance therewith the said vfingers are having inclined slits 6' into'whi'ch pins 7b provided with dovetailed-shaped inner ends attached tothe lath project. "A handle 8 and of such athi'ckness as to force themais by means of a'pin 8*" pivotally connected nure out towardsthedischarging slit irrewith the container or other stationary partspective of the consistencyzof the manure. of the machine frame. Bymeans of this'IO The slit is confined at one side by a lath handle thelath can be adjusted longitudiwhich may be adjusted by' means ofsuitnally and vertically, whereby the'lath, on able inclined guides soas to be raised or account of the slits 6, will be raised or lowloweredand thereby to increase or decrease 'ered thereby adjusting the width ofthe correspondingly the discharging slit. The discharging slit 29correspondingly. The 7. reciprocating motion of the finger rod is handle8 may be fixed in adjusted position brought about in well-known mannerby by means of a screw'9 the shank of which means of a cam disc, and thecorrect guiding passes through a curved slit 10 arranged in I of the rodis effected by means of rolls or. a guiding are 11. v similar guidingmembers. 7 A reciprocating angle iron rod 12 is sup- B0 A suitableconstruction of the said cam ported by rolls 13 carried by projectingdisc is obtained by making it as an oblique, arms 13 fixedly connectedwith the conshiftable, grooved wheel which according to tainer bottom30. Said rod 12 is guided requirements may be operatively coupled to onits upper side by rolls 14 engaging one of the travelling wheels of themachine. mountingslfi on the upper side of the rod. 30 Thereby a simpleconstruction is obtained, Further the rod 12 carries a row of fingersbecause members between the cam disc and 16 projecting horizontallythrough the latthe finger rod are avoided. er'al slit 29 into the manurecontainer just Experience has shown that by this conabove the bottom 30.The ihner ends are struction it is possible to obtain a safe feedshapedlike dovetails as clearly shown in ing-out of artificial manure such asNorges- Figure 2. The sideedges of the dovetailed salpeter which isliable to bake together into portions are inclined as shown at 16*.lumps and which therefore cannot be dis- The reciprocating motion of'thefinger rod tributed by other machines. 12 is effected by an obliquegrooved wheel I A Jreferred embodiment of the machine 17 in mesh with apin 18' attached to the to is illustrated in the accompanying drawingrod. Thesaid wheel'is driven by a gearing in. which: 19, 20 from one ofthe travelling wheels 1, Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the machine whenthe spur gear 19 by means of a suitable constructed in accordance withtheinvenconnecting member 21 has been coupled with tio the travellingwheel. By these means the 45 Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe machine, rod 12receives a rectilinear longitudinal parts of the manure container brokenaway. motion which is essential in orderv to avoid Fig. 3 is an end viewof the machine, the baking. travelling wheels being. removed, andAstirring shaft 22 is provided with tines Fig. 4: is a cross section onthe line 23 and arranged above the dove-tailed ends 50 I f Figure 1. ofthe feeding-out fingers 16. The stirring Referring to the drawing, thetravelling shaft 22 is driven from the other travelling wheels are shownat 1, the manure container wheel 1 by means of a ratchet gear comorhopper at 2, its cover at 3 and its bottom prising a leverage 24receiving by means ofv at 30. At the lower part of the said cona' camdisc 31 on the travelling wheel a 0 tainer a discharging slit 29 isarranged so as certain swinging motion on each revolution to openlaterally over the free outer edge of the wheel, said motion being bythe lever:

age 24 and a pawl 25 transferred into an angular motion of the ratchetwheel 26 keyed to the stirring shaft 22.

In the construction shown the guiding rolls 1% are carried by arms 27which may be swung so that the rolls 1% are carried out of contact withthe finger rod 12, but when in operation they are maintained in positionby a suitable locking device 28. The purpose of this arrangement is toenable an easy removing of the finger or feeding rod 12 when the manurecontainer 2 and the feeding members 16, 23, 22 are to be cleaned.

As will be understood the invention is not restricted to the detailsshown which may be varied in different manner without departing from thescope of the invention.

I claim: v In a machine for distributing artificial 20 manure, thecombination of a manure conthe lower side of the containerand on which isaid flange of the rod bears, arms mounted on the container for swingingmovement and" h'avlng' rollers to bear on theupper side of said rod andmeans to lock said armsagainst swinging movement and means to regulatethe discharge of material from the container.

In testimony'whereof I afiix my signature.

JO HAN ARNT HANSENHOV.

